God

Have you ever lost power during a storm? It is amazing how dependent we are on our plug-in devices. We are cut off from the world, especially if our cell phone batteries were low at the time. We can’t refrigerate our foods, or nuke it n the microwave. Even if you have a gas stove, […]

We all love to hang out with the ones we love, don’t we? Too often life gets in the way, and even if we live under the same roof, quality time together is rare and precious. How much more so for loved ones who live on the other side of town, or the other side […]

My pastor asked us all to read a book called Present Perfect. It feeds off of the famous book by the Medieval monk, Brother Lawrence, Practicing the Presence of God. We all want to spend as much time as we can with those we love, and those who love us. So, why do we find it […]

I have a little bird feeder hanging on the tree outside of my balcony. I fill it with a cup of seed each morning on the way to work. When I wake up in the morning, it is empty, ready for another cup. Some of the birds perch on the feeder and eat. When they do, inevitably seeds scatter to […]

I grew up with a wall clock my father brought back from Germany in WWII. It had a brass pendulum and wind-up gears. When it started to not keep as accurate of time as it should, my father would stop the pendulum for twenty-four hours, then he’d rewind the clock, reset the hands, and start […]

I was watching a rerun of the show Family Feud with Steve Harvey. He asked this question. A man in one of the families answered, “Praying”. That nasty buzzer sounded and a big red X came across the screen. My heart sank as his shoulders slumped. A few other answers were somewhat honorable – the […]